Job 18:5
Good News Translation
The light of the wicked will still be put out; its flame will never burn again.

New Revised Standard Version
“Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.

Contemporary English Version
The lamps of sinful people soon are snuffed out,

New American Bible
Truly, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire casts no light.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

the light

Job 20:5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Proverbs 4:19 My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 13:9 The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 20:20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 24:20 For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

spark

Isaiah 50:11 Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with flames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the flames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows.

Context
Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place? 5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.…
Cross References
Job 18:4
Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

Job 21:17
How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

Proverbs 4:19
My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 13:9
The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 20:20
He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 24:20
For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.

Ezekiel 32:7
And I will cover the heavens, when thou shalt be put out, and I will make the stars thereof dark: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Job 18:4
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